PROJECTS
Co-operative Procurement of Innovative
Copiers
International koordinierte Beschaffung
innovativer Kopierer
Investigators
Bernard Aebischer
Partner
US EPA
(Environmental Protection Agency), LBNL
(Lawrence Berkeley National Lab),
BRE (The Building Research Establishment, UK, Novem (the Netherlands
Agency for Energy and the Environment), Motiva
(the the Energy Information Centre for Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy Sources in Finland) , SNEA (Swedish National Energy
Administration), KEMCO
Korea , Dr. Peter Jeanmaire, Consultant, Zurich, oebu
(Swiss Association for Environmentally Conscious Management).
Time Frame
1995-1998
Funding
International Energy Agency (IEA), Swiss Federal Office of Energy
(SFOE), Electric
Utility of the City of Zurich (EWZ)
Abstract
Management of a procurement project for innovative energy efficient
and environmental friendly copier machines. Co-operative procurement
refers to the activity of a group of buyers who jointly assess,
determine and publicise the requirements for new products; test
products; and purchase products using the defined requirements.
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1 English Summary
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On invitation of the International Energy Agency (IEA), we assumed
from 1995 to 1997 the management for a procurement project for
innovative energy efficient and environmental friendly copier
machines. Co-operative
procurement refers to the activity of a group of buyers who
jointly assess, determine and publicise the requirements for new
products, test products and purchase products using the defined
requirements.
The goal of the "copier project" is to test and demonstrate
the feasibility of a procurement activity at an international
level in the field of standardised products with new buyer groups
from the office sector. If successful, technology procurement
could become a powerful instrument to promote energy efficiency
in other fields of consumer items as well.
We have defined a strategy accepted by the participating countries:
Finland, the Netherlands, Korea, Sweden, UK and USA. On our initiative,
a copier working group - composed of important copier purchasers,
representatives of copier manufacturers and institutions - was
organised by oebu, the Swiss Association for Environmentally Conscious
Management. As a first step a declaration sheet [in revision]
for energy and environmentally relevant data of current copiers
was developed. In a second step, requirements for the innovative
copier, originally concentrated on the ZESM-concept (zero energy
standby mode) and on paper saving features, were extended to other
ecologically relevant aspects. Four important companies from the
banking, insurance and retail sector agreed to be the first "Leading
Buyers", which means that the company declares in public that
they will explicitly consider the innovative copier in future
purchasing activities. oebu itself and the Services Section of
the Energy 2000 Program agreed to act as "Supporter", of the procurement
project. Similar activities are happening in the other participating
countries. Selected copier manufacturers have been involved since
the beginning of the project and in 1996 the global copier industry
participated in a meeting to discuss the specifications of the
next-generation copier. In order to ensure the longer term funding
of the project, the project management was handed over to the
US-EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in autumn 1997.
The tender for the Innovative Copier was launched in September
1998. The Competition
Documentation was published on the internet. Two manufacturers
succeeded in fulfilling the requirements. In November 1999 the
International Energy Agency (IEA) presented Ricoh Company, Ltd.,
with its first "Copier of the Future" award http://dsm.iea.org/exexpres/awards.htm
at COMDEX/Fall 99 in Las Vegas and in September 2000 IEA recognised
Canon Inc.with the second "Copier of the Future" award
at Canon Expo 2000 in New York. Since summer 2001 these two copier
models are available on the European market.
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2 Publications, reports and presentations
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E. Gremmelmaier. Innovativ kopieren. Papier&Umwelt, Nr.
3, Oktober 2001 (including interview with B. Aebischer) (pdf-File)
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B. Aebischer. Internationally Coordinated Procurement of Innovative
Copiers. Project Management 1995-1997. Slightly updated Final
Report Addressed to the Swiss Financial Supporters. ETH Zurich
1998 (pdf-File)
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B. Aebischer. International koordinierte Beschaffung eines
innovativen Kopiergeraetes. Projektleitung von Oktober 1995
bis September 1997. Schlussbericht. ETH Zuerich, 1997
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B. Aebischer. Co-operative Procurement of Innovative Copiers.
Proceedings of the ECEEE (European Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy) Summer Study 1997 "Sustainable Energy Opportunities
for a Greater Europe. The Energy Efficiency Challenge". (ISBN:
87-7844-074-2) (summary)(pdf-file)
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B. Aebischer. Co-operative Procurement of Innovative Copiers.
Invited Contribution at the International Seminar "Optimizing
Energy Efficiency in Office Equipment and Consumer Electronics".
Stockholm, September 11-13, 1996
(pdf-File)
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J. Harris, B. Aebischer et al. Developing Markets for Energy
Efficient Copiers. Workshop issue Paper at the Conference on
Market-Pull Activities and Cooperative Procurement of Innovative
Technologies organised by the International Energy Agencies.
Paris, November 29-30, 1994
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